WWE SmackDown viewership decreased on May 27.
According to Brandon Thurston of Wrestlenomics, 1.878 million viewers watched the show on Friday, and SmackDown drew a 0.43 rating in the 18 to 49 demographic. These numbers are down from last week when 2.031 million viewers tuned in, and the show drew a 0.45 rating in the same demographic.
AEW Rampage Friday on TNT at 6:30pm:
341,000 viewers
P18-49: 0.14 (183,000)WWE Smackdown on Fox at 8pm:
1,878,000 viewers
P18-49: 0.43 (561,000)? https://t.co/1SscdBCpr8 pic.twitter.com/IKt3nX0Sr7
— Brandon Thurston (@BrandonThurston) May 31, 2022
Thurston notes that SmackDown ranked fifth in the demo on Friday, according to Showbuzz Daily. Behind coverage of the NBA and NHL Playoffs which dominated TV that night.
This week‘s episode opened with The Usos celebrating their accomplishment of becoming the Unified WWE World Tag Team Champions; this led to a confrontation with Ridde and Shinsuke Nakamura. The main event saw Drew McIntyre team with The New Day to defeat The Brawling Brutes.
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